The following was written by Robert's granddaughter, Martha Shaffer Thompson:
ROBERT JARVIS BROWN was born on May 14, 1876 at Mineral Point, Washington County, Missouri to Alexander Donathan Brown and Rachel Sophia Boas Brown.
The family came to Texas in a covered wagon in 1880 and settled in the Belknap Community in Young County where they owned and operated a general merchandise store and A.D. Brown served as Postmaster. A year later, Rachel Sophia passed away, leaving her husband with a 5 year-old child.
A.D. Brown later remarried and stories are told that she was abusive to Robert; so at the age of 15, he left home and traveled to Bellevue, Clay County, Texas where he was engaged in general merchandise business with Sid Webb.
Robert attended the former Trinity University in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas and the Metropolitan Business College in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. He was a successful cattleman for 25 years. During this time he met and married Martha Elizabeth Thurmond of Rhome, Wise County, Texas on December 5, 1905; they lived on their ranch in Bellevue, Texas.
In 1910 they moved to Henrietta, Clay County, Texas where he served as President of the Henrietta School Boards of Education when the Junior High School building was erected in 1928. He also served as President of the Henrietta Chamber of Commerce as well as owned and operated a Gulf Service station in Henrietta for a number of years after the cattle business failed during the Great Depression Era. He was also a member of the Clay County Historical Survey Committee, the West Side Baptist Church in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas and served as treasurer of the Jobe Sunday School Class at the church for many years.
Robert Jarvis Brown, a pioneer resident of Clay County, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 1973 in a Wichita Falls nursing home at the age of 96. The Rev. L.J. (Scotty) Newton, Pastor of West Side Baptist Church, conducted the service. Burial was in the Bellevue Cemetery, placed next to his wife, Martha. Pallbearers included: Edgar Brody, William Burnside, Bryant Edwards, David Greer, Pete Moore and Dan Slagle. Honary Pallbearers were the members of the Jobe Sunday School Class.
Robert's advice to young married couples was to: "Never put all your eggs in one basket."
ROBERT JARVIS BROWN was born on May 14, 1876 at Mineral Point, Washington County, Missouri to Alexander Donathan Brown and Rachel Sophia Boas Brown.
The family came to Texas in a covered wagon in 1880 and settled in the Belknap Community in Young County where they owned and operated a general merchandise store and A.D. Brown served as Postmaster. A year later, Rachel Sophia passed away, leaving her husband with a 5 year-old child.
A.D. Brown later remarried and stories are told that she was abusive to Robert; so at the age of 15, he left home and traveled to Bellevue, Clay County, Texas where he was engaged in general merchandise business with Sid Webb.
Robert attended the former Trinity University in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas and the Metropolitan Business College in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. He was a successful cattleman for 25 years. During this time he met and married Martha Elizabeth Thurmond of Rhome, Wise County, Texas on December 5, 1905; they lived on their ranch in Bellevue, Texas.
In 1910 they moved to Henrietta, Clay County, Texas where he served as President of the Henrietta School Boards of Education when the Junior High School building was erected in 1928. He also served as President of the Henrietta Chamber of Commerce as well as owned and operated a Gulf Service station in Henrietta for a number of years after the cattle business failed during the Great Depression Era. He was also a member of the Clay County Historical Survey Committee, the West Side Baptist Church in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas and served as treasurer of the Jobe Sunday School Class at the church for many years.
Robert Jarvis Brown, a pioneer resident of Clay County, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 1973 in a Wichita Falls nursing home at the age of 96. The Rev. L.J. (Scotty) Newton, Pastor of West Side Baptist Church, conducted the service. Burial was in the Bellevue Cemetery, placed next to his wife, Martha. Pallbearers included: Edgar Brody, William Burnside, Bryant Edwards, David Greer, Pete Moore and Dan Slagle. Honary Pallbearers were the members of the Jobe Sunday School Class.
Robert's advice to young married couples was to: "Never put all your eggs in one basket."
The following was written by Robert's granddaughter, Martha Shaffer Thompson:
ROBERT JARVIS BROWN was born on May 14, 1876 at Mineral Point, Washington County, Missouri to Alexander Donathan Brown and Rachel Sophia Boas Brown.
The family came to Texas in a covered wagon in 1880 and settled in the Belknap Community in Young County where they owned and operated a general merchandise store and A.D. Brown served as Postmaster. A year later, Rachel Sophia passed away, leaving her husband with a 5 year-old child.
A.D. Brown later remarried and stories are told that she was abusive to Robert; so at the age of 15, he left home and traveled to Bellevue, Clay County, Texas where he was engaged in general merchandise business with Sid Webb.
Robert attended the former Trinity University in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas and the Metropolitan Business College in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. He was a successful cattleman for 25 years. During this time he met and married Martha Elizabeth Thurmond of Rhome, Wise County, Texas on December 5, 1905; they lived on their ranch in Bellevue, Texas.
In 1910 they moved to Henrietta, Clay County, Texas where he served as President of the Henrietta School Boards of Education when the Junior High School building was erected in 1928. He also served as President of the Henrietta Chamber of Commerce as well as owned and operated a Gulf Service station in Henrietta for a number of years after the cattle business failed during the Great Depression Era. He was also a member of the Clay County Historical Survey Committee, the West Side Baptist Church in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas and served as treasurer of the Jobe Sunday School Class at the church for many years.
Robert Jarvis Brown, a pioneer resident of Clay County, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 1973 in a Wichita Falls nursing home at the age of 96. The Rev. L.J. (Scotty) Newton, Pastor of West Side Baptist Church, conducted the service. Burial was in the Bellevue Cemetery, placed next to his wife, Martha. Pallbearers included: Edgar Brody, William Burnside, Bryant Edwards, David Greer, Pete Moore and Dan Slagle. Honary Pallbearers were the members of the Jobe Sunday School Class.
Robert's advice to young married couples was to: "Never put all your eggs in one basket."
ROBERT JARVIS BROWN was born on May 14, 1876 at Mineral Point, Washington County, Missouri to Alexander Donathan Brown and Rachel Sophia Boas Brown.
The family came to Texas in a covered wagon in 1880 and settled in the Belknap Community in Young County where they owned and operated a general merchandise store and A.D. Brown served as Postmaster. A year later, Rachel Sophia passed away, leaving her husband with a 5 year-old child.
A.D. Brown later remarried and stories are told that she was abusive to Robert; so at the age of 15, he left home and traveled to Bellevue, Clay County, Texas where he was engaged in general merchandise business with Sid Webb.
Robert attended the former Trinity University in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas and the Metropolitan Business College in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. He was a successful cattleman for 25 years. During this time he met and married Martha Elizabeth Thurmond of Rhome, Wise County, Texas on December 5, 1905; they lived on their ranch in Bellevue, Texas.
In 1910 they moved to Henrietta, Clay County, Texas where he served as President of the Henrietta School Boards of Education when the Junior High School building was erected in 1928. He also served as President of the Henrietta Chamber of Commerce as well as owned and operated a Gulf Service station in Henrietta for a number of years after the cattle business failed during the Great Depression Era. He was also a member of the Clay County Historical Survey Committee, the West Side Baptist Church in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas and served as treasurer of the Jobe Sunday School Class at the church for many years.
Robert Jarvis Brown, a pioneer resident of Clay County, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 1973 in a Wichita Falls nursing home at the age of 96. The Rev. L.J. (Scotty) Newton, Pastor of West Side Baptist Church, conducted the service. Burial was in the Bellevue Cemetery, placed next to his wife, Martha. Pallbearers included: Edgar Brody, William Burnside, Bryant Edwards, David Greer, Pete Moore and Dan Slagle. Honary Pallbearers were the members of the Jobe Sunday School Class.
Robert's advice to young married couples was to: "Never put all your eggs in one basket."
